"T'Challa's gone, I'm not sure who I would ask for permission to stay from there. Maybe Shuri, if she still is alive." Bruce had no idea how the chain of command worked, but royal blood clearly was the line, at least to start with. He would hate to put that burden on a teenager, while she's grieving and half of her people might be gone. It was a mess for all of them. "If she is, the three of us together have to be able to come up with something." He had no idea what. How to deal with time travel? To raise people from the dead? Bruce was more in line with thinking they just had to accept what happened and try and keep the world afloat. If the other two had ideas, he would let them lead the way, but he typically took the practical approach first.
"They're probably going to get sick of hiding our people and fighting our wars for us, but it's not like we're swimming in options." It was T'Challa's choice, their choice, but still a burden too, to be the battle ground for the end of everything. "But you're right, if I'm safe anywhere, it'll be there." He was positive they wouldn't give him over to the United States government, and he got the feeling Ross wouldn't be given permission to push the nation. It was a relief to think of an option that didn't include hiding at the tip of the world in a hut. Which he'd done and could do again, but still. Better. "Rhodey tricked me." He smiled at the memory, it came to him at once. "He told me I should bow to T'Challa because he's a king, and it was exactly as awkward as you'd think." Funny though, he could admit to that easily.
"He took our people to the Raft. You know what he can do to people without due process, far away from others? You know what he could do to Wanda?" Bruce's eyes were haunted, because he didn't need to wonder. He knew exactly what awaited him on the other side of that particular situation. "You think it was a coincidence that instead of taking them to a real jail, he took them there?" Right, the excuse was because they had someone super powered, like that was fine the rest of them were there too. He just shook his head. "Wanda has the power of an Infinity Stone inside of her, she destroyed one with one hand and kept Thanos with his gauntlet away from them by herself. He would cut her into parts, take the blood right out of her body, do whatever it took to get that in his hands. An army of Hulks could be replaced by an army of her, right there in that Raft."
Bruce took in a deep breath and let it out, putting the palm of his hands into his eyes to rub them and then letting his hands drop. "I'm not trying to be a dick, Tony, you just don't know him like I do. You can't control the UN or what they'd be willing to do, or who they'd give the authority to. I know you did the best you could do in this situation. I'm not angry. It's terrible from top to bottom. And you had to deal with it, the fall out, again. And I'm sorry." But it still hurt, it still frustrated him, and he was grateful to Cap for getting them out of the Raft, for keeping them out of Ross' hands. Some things were just more important.
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"They're probably going to get sick of hiding our people and fighting our wars for us, but it's not like we're swimming in options." It was T'Challa's choice, their choice, but still a burden too, to be the battle ground for the end of everything. "But you're right, if I'm safe anywhere, it'll be there." He was positive they wouldn't give him over to the United States government, and he got the feeling Ross wouldn't be given permission to push the nation. It was a relief to think of an option that didn't include hiding at the tip of the world in a hut. Which he'd done and could do again, but still. Better. "Rhodey tricked me." He smiled at the memory, it came to him at once. "He told me I should bow to T'Challa because he's a king, and it was exactly as awkward as you'd think." Funny though, he could admit to that easily.
"He took our people to the Raft. You know what he can do to people without due process, far away from others? You know what he could do to Wanda?" Bruce's eyes were haunted, because he didn't need to wonder. He knew exactly what awaited him on the other side of that particular situation. "You think it was a coincidence that instead of taking them to a real jail, he took them there?" Right, the excuse was because they had someone super powered, like that was fine the rest of them were there too. He just shook his head. "Wanda has the power of an Infinity Stone inside of her, she destroyed one with one hand and kept Thanos with his gauntlet away from them by herself. He would cut her into parts, take the blood right out of her body, do whatever it took to get that in his hands. An army of Hulks could be replaced by an army of her, right there in that Raft."
Bruce took in a deep breath and let it out, putting the palm of his hands into his eyes to rub them and then letting his hands drop. "I'm not trying to be a dick, Tony, you just don't know him like I do. You can't control the UN or what they'd be willing to do, or who they'd give the authority to. I know you did the best you could do in this situation. I'm not angry. It's terrible from top to bottom. And you had to deal with it, the fall out, again. And I'm sorry." But it still hurt, it still frustrated him, and he was grateful to Cap for getting them out of the Raft, for keeping them out of Ross' hands. Some things were just more important.